posner on bush v. gore (was RE: Ethical foundations of the left)

[Forstater, Mathew]

Webb just returned from the Great Barrington conference on Dewey and
pragmatism I mentioned that Posner attended, along with Bernstein,
Hickman, etc. He reports that Posner said Roe v. Wade was a mistake,
they should have let the states battle it out. Webb asked him wouldn't
the absence of legal abortion mean that wealthy people would have access
but the poor wouldn't, or would suffer from the risks of lower cost
illegal abortions. Posner reportedly replied that yes, the wealthy
always have those advantages.  Webb's impression was that for Posner,
pragmatism means "do what you damn well please."  The only Dewey Posner
seemed to be familiar with were two fairly unknown articles on law.